Today was 92 fahrenheit. I was in the aircon office all day but around about 5pm I walked 10 seconds across the corner of the quad to see he hardware guys and got lightly toasted on one side. Fortunately I got evened upwalking back the other way… after work at about 6:30 I headed down the beach and took a dip in the slightly cold and very sandy water. The wind had picked up and the low evening sun wasn’t providing nearly as much warmth as in the day, but a brisk swim to and fro got me warmeed up and invogorated. As I was treading water, thinking about leaving, a jogger on the beach shouted at me and pointed down the shoreline. I couldn’t figure out what he meant. I’d noticed quite a strong undertow and wondered if I was breaking the rules by swinmming at the turn of the tide or something. That made my mind up and I got out. I picked up my towel and turned to watch the sun on the waves, and saw 3 dorsal fins… then 2 more… there, what must have been only 10 or 20 metres further out frm where I’d been treading water, a small pod of dolphins was making their leisurely way up the beach at about 4 knots! I turned and ran 5 or 6 steps towards the car for my camera, then turned again and ran a few steps towards the sea, thinking to dive in and say hello, but in the end settled for standing there dumbstruck and watching them gracefully and silently breaking the surface and arcing back underwater. WOW.
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